“默克尔4.0政府”的内政、外交走向

Abstract:The “Merkel 4.0” government has set itself the objective of achieving “a new departure for Europe，a new momentum for Germany and a new cohesion for our nation”. Within this “triad”，not withstanding the “new departure for Europe” and the “new momentum for Germany”，all efforts are eventually serving one ambition：“a new cohesion for our nation”. After the general election，the two losing camps-the CDU/CSU and the SPD-formed a coalition government，focusing their domestic policy on citizens' daily life，especially addressing the social divide and the rebuilding of social cohesion.The “grand” coalition suffers from a shrinking scope of action and faces its biggest challenge in deciding how to deal with the “attacks” that the AfD launches from inside and outside of parliament. In foreign policy，the new government is based on the recognition that“global challenges need European answers”. It will continue the active and productive foreign policy pursued by the previous government，recognizing that “Europe has to take its fate into its own hands” by increasing its engagement. Currently there is a window of opportunity for reforming the EU. But not much time is left for Germany and the EU，as the 2019 election for the European Parliament will be on the agenda soon after the summer. If no early breakthroughs are made on such issues as Brexit，EU reforms，etc.，the anti-EU populists' knives will be out.

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